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BERKSHIRE.

W right W illiam George, trainer of Gwilt Edward Douglas, trainer of race
racehorses, Windsor cottage
horses
H allick John Frederick, trainer of
racehorses,
W altham house
UPPER LAMBOURN.
Jannaway John (M rs.),frm r.Vogenhm
Keable Mrs. Church farm
Moreton Ralph, trainer of racehorses,
Newlands Mrs
Park farm
Radbourne
George, beer retailer
C O M M ER CIA L.
Rhodes James, trainer of racehorses,
Bowsher Thomas, farmer
Rosehurst
Bracey John, farm er
Spackman Edward George, farmer,
Butler George, farmer
The Laurels

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Tanner Wm. Chas. M alt Shovel P.H
Worton Thomas, trainer of racehorse»
BOCKHAM PTON.
Barnard Ernest Wyndham
Day E lijah , Fairview
Rich Miss, Chipping lodge
C O M M E R C IA L .

Baylis George, farm er
Bowsher Henry, farm er
Bracey Alfred, farmer
Green W illiam , insurance agent

L E C K H A M P S T E A D (or Leckhamstead) is a village since 1910 by the Rev. Thomas Odwyn Jones M.A. of
and civil parish, formed for law purposes in 1835, and Keble College, Oxford.
There is a Wesleyan chapel
a distinct ecclesiastical parish, formed in 1884 out of here, built in i860, and a Prim itive Methodist chapel at
Chieveley parish, 7 miles north from Newbury, 3$ miles Thicket, erected about 1830 and rebuilt in 1874. The
north from Boxford station on the Lambourn Valley W orking Men’s Club and In stitu te was erected in 1910
railway, via Newbury, and 3 north-west from Chieveley, by H. M. Morison esq. and contains a library of 500
in the Southern division of th e county, hundred of Fair- volum es; it is also used for concerts and parochial
cross, petty sessional division, union and county court purposes. The principal landowners are Donald Kennedy
district of Newbury, rural deanery of Newbury, arch­ esq. Mr. Goodenough, of Weston, Bath, and Mose&
deaconry of Berks and diocese of Oxford. The church Butcher esq. The soil is sandy lo a m ; subsoil, chalk.
of St. James, built in i860 by the Rev. J. E. Robinson The chief crops are wheat, barley and oats. The area isM.A. vicar of Chieveley, 1837-72, a former incumbent, 1,777 acres; rateable value, £"1,540; the population in.
at a cost of ¿£1,745, and situated in the centre of the 1901 was 267.
village, is an edifice of brick and flint, with stone
Thicket, 1 m ile north-west, and H ill Green, 1 north,,
m ullioned windows, in the Gothic style, from designs are places within this parish.
by Mr. S. S. Teulon, architect, of London, consisting of
Post & T. Office.— Josiah Smithy sub-postmaster.
chancel, nave of four bays, south aisle, south porch and
Letters arrive from Newbury at 7.35 a.m . & 2.25
a central turret containing one b e ll: the east window is
p.m. ; dispatched at 8.30 a.m. & 5.30 p.m . ; Sundays,
stained: some wood work at the east end of the nave
10.15 a.m. Chaddleworth, 2 m iles distant, is the
and the south porch are m ainly composed of portions of
nearest money order office
the ancient oak screen of the form er church, which
stood a m ile from the village, and the pulpit is Elementary School, built in 1875, for about 60 ch ild ren ;
average attendance, 47; William Gardner Pennington,
Jacobean: the ancient font has been retained: there are
m aster
250 s ittin g s: attached to the church is a burial ground
The living is a vicarage, net income £98, with 12 acres j Carriers— William Kent Thomas, to Newbury, d aily; to
of glebe, in the g ift of the vicar of Chieveley, and held i Wantage, wed
Leckhampstead W orking Men’s Club;
p r iv a te re s id e n ts .
i Taylor Mrs. Green hill
(Marked thus f receive their letters j
(Isaac Bristo, sec)
through W antage.)
c o m m e r c ia l.
fM asters Em ily Jane (M rs.), farmer*
tB ailey Miss, Thicket
Beckett Ezra & Son, builders
Oak Ash farm, Thicket
Bedwell Mrs. H. Wilson-, Leckhamp- Blundy John, blacksm ith u. farmer
Sm ith Josiah, grocer & baker,Post off
stead house
fBristow Annie (Miss), dress m aker, Snook Wm. Vincent, frm r. Manor fm
Butcher Misses, H ill Green house
Thicket
Stevens Thomas, Stag inn
Jones Rev. Thomas Odwyn M .A .;tBristow Isaac, wheelwright, Thicket Taylor W illiam, cycle agent
(vicar), Vicarage
¡Dunster Minnie (Miss), d istrict nurse, jfThom as Jehu Kent, insurance ;
Kennedy Donald, Leckhampstead m nr, Cotheys
Thicket
Morison Hector Mitchell, Highfield
|Hancock Robert, cowkeeper
fThom as William K en t, farm er &
Quelch Miss, E gyp t house
Hill Richard, boot & shoe makeT
carrier, Thicket farm & Rookery fm
Steuart Miss, Greenbank
i f Janaway Richard, farmer, Thicket
Ward Thomas I. farm er, Chapel farm
L E T C O M B E B A S S E T T is a parish about t.\ miles living is a rectory, net yearly value £ 110 , including 300
south-west-by-south from W antage and 4! miles from ' acres of glebe, with residence, in the g ift of Corpus
Wantage Road, the nearest railway station, in the Christi College, Oxford, and held since 1895 by the Rev.
Northern division of the county, hundred of Kintbury- Robert Twiddy Batchelor. Here is a Wesleyan Methodist
Eagle, petty sessional division, union and county court chapel. The poor’s land of about 8 acres has hitherto
district of W antage, rural deanery of Wantage, arch­ been producing £ 3 y e a rly ; the land is freehold. The
deaconry of Berks and diocese of Oxford. The church principal landowners are the Provost and Fellows of
of St. Michael, erected about A.D. 1100, is a building of Queen’s College, Oxford, the rector and Frogley’s
stone and flints, in the Norman style : it was lengthened trustees. The soil is principally chalk ; subsoil, chalk
and a tower added at the west end about 1260; the and rock. The chief crops are wheat, beans, barley and
latter is of brick, with stone quoins and dressings to the turnips. The area is 1,631 a c r e s ; rateable value*
windows and a stringcourse, and the whole appears to be £1,064; the population in 1901 was 211.
Parish Clerk and Sexton, John C. Glass.
clearly the work of the 13th century: in 1862 the
church was thoroughly repaired and a south aisle added, Letters through W antage arrive at 7.30 a.m. & 1.15
and it now consists of chancel, nave, south aisle, north
p.m. Letcombe Regis is the nearest money order &
porch, and an embattled western tower, restored in
tel°graph office, about i£ miles distant. W’all Letter
1884 and containing 3 bells : a Norman font, probably
Box cleared at 8.20 a.m. & 1.40 & 7.10 p.m. week
days & 12.10 p.m. on Sundays
coeval with the original building, is still in u s e : in
1890 two memorial windows were put in to the late Elementary School (m ixed), erected in 1858, for 53
Rev. W. Firth B.D. a former re c to r: there are 140 sit­
children ; average attendance, 22; Mrs. Mary Smith*
tings. The register dates from the year 1564. The
mistress
Batchelor Rev. Robert Twiddy .Rectory Cartw right William, farmer
Richens Christopher, farmer
Churchill Ben, blacksmith
Richens John, farmer, College farm
c o m m e r c ia l .
Cook Harry, Yew Tree P.H
Robson Edward, racehorse train er; &
Armitage Sidney E. racehorse trainer Em bling W illiam, shopkeeper
at W antage
Brewer Richard, farmer, Spanswick
Glass John C. boot maker
Treadwell Wm . farmer, W hite’s farm
L E T C O M B E R E G I S is a township and parish inter­ are variously Decorated and Perpendicular, and the north
sected by a feeder of the riveT Ock, about a mile and a and south doorways are Early English, to which period
half south-west from W antage and 3! south-west from the tower m ay also be referred: the font is Norm an:
Wantage Road station on the main line of the Great there are 187 sittings: the churchyard was closed against
Western railway, in the Northern division of the county, interments Aug. 3, 1880, and another burial ground
hundred of Kintbury Eagle, petty sessional division, has since been consecrated on land given by the late
union and county court district of Wantage, and in the S. W. Silver esq. The register dates from the year
rural deanery of Wantage, archdeaconry of Berks and 1536, the earliest book, extending from this date to
diocese of Oxford. The church of St. Andrew is a small 1697, and long lost, having been discovered some yeaTS
building consisting of chancel, nave, south porch and since in private hands. The living is a vicarage, net
an embattled western tower containing 6 bells and a yearly value £195. including 21 acres of glebe, with
clock striking the h o u rs: the chancel is Perpendicular residence, in the gift of Corpus Christi College, Oxford,
and the chancel arch N orm an : the windows in the nave and held since 1898 by the Rev. John Mere Latham
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